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Persona 4 Arena Punching Back with New Characters

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has revealed a new version of Arc System Works' story-fuelled fighting spin-off, Persona 4 Arena. The article also disclosed details about two new fighters: Yukari Takeba and Junpei Iori from Persona 3.

Yukari Takeba is equipped with a pink, angelic-looking bow and specialises in both long-range and jumping attacks, benefiting from her 'Garu' wind skill. Meanwhile, Junpei Iori is armed with a bat and is a much more powerful character, opting for a baseball-style system. According to Famitsu, popular protagonists from the previous game – such as Chie Satonaka, Aigis, Mitsuru Kirijo, and Teddie – will be given some brand new moves and skills to test out in the follow-up, too.

Persona 4 Arena hit the disc drives of European PS3s earlier this year, and garnered a glowing review on Push Square.

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Considering Im not really a fan of fighting games, I actually enjoyed P4A. I actually still have it on my shelf lol Its good to hear Yukari n Junpei are making thier way to the new installment, although Aigis was already in P4A so I was happy enough Ive always preferred P3 so its good for me that more characters from 3 are popping up. @Superconsole Any news on how the Story may play out? a follow up to the story of Arena I guess?

@MadchesterManc No news yet, however the demo featuring the new characters is currently touring Tokyo, so I presume more information will slowly be leaked once that's over. At the moment they're focusing on revealing the technical information about the combat rather than story details etc.

@Superconsole It also says in Famitsu that it is arcade only at the moment, sadly. The article also talks about how everyone will have new moves, some new animations and shadow characters - but shadows won't have burst moves.